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Joshua Johnson

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(He/Him)
Chicago, Las Vegas
As seen in: The Night Light, The Onion, MSN, NBC News Now, NPR, Substack, MS NOW, The Western Journal, The Gateway Pundit, BiggerPockets, Independent Journal Review, WAMU-FM (Washington, D.C.) and
Covers:  democracy, American culture, politics, diversity, international affairs, technology, entertainment, business, conflict resolution, cross-cultural communication, sexuality, media, journalism, books
Doesn't Cover: sports, food, crypto
Creator/Moderator, The Resolution. Actor, @TheOnion. Ex-@1A @MSNBC @NBCNews. “A pure interviewing beast w/ballerina-like grace." -someone on reddit
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Joshua Johnson’s Biography

Joshua Johnson is the creator & anchor of "The Night Light with Joshua Johnson". The series launched in June 2023 as an independent production. Prior to starting his own company Johnson was an anchor at NBC News, hosting the primetime newsmagazine "NOW Tonight". NBC News recruited him away from MSNBC, where he had anchored the weekend primetime program “The Week with Joshua Johnson”.
Prior to his nearly 3 years with NBC, Johnson was the founding host of the NPR talk show “1A,” produced by WAMU in Washington.
Born and raised in West Palm Beach, FL, Johnson began his public radio career helping launch a unique regional news partnership between Miami’s NPR station, WLRN, and The Miami Herald. He served for more than five years as morning news host for KQED in San Francisco. He also co-created and hosted the provocative nationwide public radio series, “Truth Be Told,” which explored race in America. And during his time in the Bay Area Johnson taught podcasting at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.